In the news Recently there has been a media flurry surrounding Mikey Weinstein and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. Megyn Kelly, of Fox News, along with James and Shirley Dobson went on a verbal assault of Mikey and MRFF. Claiming that Mikey was an atheist (he’s not) and the MRFF was an atheist organization (it’s [Read More...]

The recent article about mandatory Spiritual Fitness in the Pasadena Sun was overall quite positive. Out of a group of 10 or so religious leaders from various religious preferences, the vast majority were on our side. I’m actually happy that only a few took a stand against us. One of them at least tried to [Read More...]

SGT Dustin Chalker, my friend and fellow foxhole atheist, wrote to me with exact figures from the mandatory Spiritual Fitness remedial training. Keep in mind, when reporters and lawyers are around – Spiritual Fitness is only about ‘team spirit’ and ‘human spirit’. They emphatically declare that it has nothing to do with religion (clearly an [Read More...]

My friend and fellow Foxhole Atheist, SGT Dustin Chalker wrote a new petition to end the military’s mandatory Spiritual Fitness testing and training. He’s asking all of you to sign it and spread the word. Dustin is one of the few like me who have taken our message directly to the media, demanding equality and justice. [Read More...]

ABC News: Why is it that Spiritual people make better soldiers? MG Cornum: The ethos that we adhere to…Those kinds of things require you to have a belief in something higher than yourself. [Read more...]

Anonymous guest post from a foxhole atheist disgusted with the climate of discrimination he faces. This article was making the rounds on the web, and I think it is eye-opening. (No, this is not me ghost-writing. Several people alerted me to it.) I don’t want atheists to drop out of the military, or to avoid [Read More...]

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